Blockchain Implementation in Health Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, distributed public ledger that acts as a shared and synchronized database that records cryptocurrency transactions. Despite the shift toward digital platforms enabled by electronic medical records, demonstrating a will to reform the health care sector, health systems face issues including security, interoperability, data fragmentation, timely access to patient data, and silos. The application of health care blockchains could enable data interoperability, enhancement of precision medicine, and reduction in prescription frauds through implementing novel methods in access and patient consent.

Objective

To summarize the evidence on the strategies and frameworks utilized to implement blockchains for patient data in health car

SUBMITTER: Meinert E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6384534 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature